# tav
## English
### Noun

tav (plural tavs)
* Alternative form of taw (Semitic letter)

### Anagrams

* ATV, TVA, VAT, VTA, vat, vta

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* tiede

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtavˀ], [ˈtˢɑwˀ]

### Verb

tav
* past tense of tie

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑʋ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ʋ]
* Rhymes: -ɑʋ
* Hyphenation: tav

### Noun

tav
* taw (twenty-second letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tav (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tavini
tavini
accusative
nom.
tavini
tavini
gen.
tavini
genitive
tavini
tavieni
partitive
taviani
tavejani
inessive
tavissani
taveissani
elative
tavistani
taveistani
illative
taviini
taveihini
adessive
tavillani
taveillani
ablative
taviltani
taveiltani
allative
tavilleni
taveilleni
essive
tavinani
taveinani
translative
tavikseni
taveikseni
abessive
tavittani
taveittani
instructive
comitative
—taveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tavisi
tavisi
accusative
nom.
tavisi
tavisi
gen.
tavisi
genitive
tavisi
taviesi
partitive
taviasi
tavejasi
inessive
tavissasi
taveissasi
elative
tavistasi
taveistasi
illative
taviisi
taveihisi
adessive
tavillasi
taveillasi
ablative
taviltasi
taveiltasi
allative
tavillesi
taveillesi
essive
tavinasi
taveinasi
translative
taviksesi
taveiksesi
abessive
tavittasi
taveittasi
instructive
comitative
—taveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tavimme
tavimme
accusative
nom.
tavimme
tavimme
gen.
tavimme
genitive
tavimme
taviemme
partitive
taviamme
tavejamme
inessive
tavissamme
taveissamme
elative
tavistamme
taveistamme
illative
taviimme
taveihimme
adessive
tavillamme
taveillamme
ablative
taviltamme
taveiltamme
allative
tavillemme
taveillemme
essive
tavinamme
taveinamme
translative
taviksemme
taveiksemme
abessive
tavittamme
taveittamme
instructive
comitative
—taveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tavinne
tavinne
accusative
nom.
tavinne
tavinne
gen.
tavinne
genitive
tavinne
tavienne
partitive
tavianne
tavejanne
inessive
tavissanne
taveissanne
elative
tavistanne
taveistanne
illative
taviinne
taveihinne
adessive
tavillanne
taveillanne
ablative
taviltanne
taveiltanne
allative
tavillenne
taveillenne
essive
tavinanne
taveinanne
translative
taviksenne
taveiksenne
abessive
tavittanne
taveittanne
instructive
comitative
—taveinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tavinsa
tavinsa
accusative
nom.
tavinsa
tavinsa
gen.
tavinsa
genitive
tavinsa
taviensa
partitive
taviaan taviansa
tavejaan tavejansa
inessive
tavissaan tavissansa
taveissaan taveissansa
elative
tavistaan tavistansa
taveistaan taveistansa
illative
taviinsa
taveihinsa
adessive
tavillaan tavillansa
taveillaan taveillansa
ablative
taviltaan taviltansa
taveiltaan taveiltansa
allative
tavilleen tavillensa
taveilleen taveillensa
essive
tavinaan tavinansa
taveinaan taveinansa
translative
tavikseen taviksensa
taveikseen taveiksensa
abessive
tavittaan tavittansa
taveittaan taveittansa
instructive
comitative
—taveineen taveinensa :

### Anagrams

* -vat

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Cognate with Sanskrit तपस् (tapas, “heat, fire”), Persian آفتاب (âftâb, “sun”), Persian تاب (tâb, “heat, warmth”), Ormuri تووه (“sun”), Latin tepidus (“warm”), Russian тёплый (tjóplyj, “warm”), Old Armenian տապ (tap, “heat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɑːv/

### Noun

| Central Kurdish | هەتاو (hetaw) |
tav f (Arabic spelling تاڤ)
* sunshine, sun, sunlight,
    Synonym: roj

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tav”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 597

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta˧˦/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tamX (“rib”).

#### Noun

tav (classifier: tus)
* (anatomy) rib
    Neeg muaj 12 tug tav. ― A human has 12 ribs.
* side, horizontal

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. These meanings may be etymologically separate from each other and from Etymology 1. Are some of these Sinitic borrowings?”

#### Verb

tav
* to herd animals, drive animals with a stick
    Nws mus tav nyuj noj zaub. ― He herds the cows to feed on grass.
* to lay down across
    Ib tug nab pw tav kev. ― A snake laid across the trail.
* to prune, trim
    Nws tav cov ntsis zaub. ― She prunes the growth of the vegetable.

#### Noun

tav
* a period of time
    txog tav no ― until now
    tav twg? ― when?
    Tav twg kuj tau. ― Any time will be all right.

##### Derived terms

* tav su (“noon”)

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 305-6.
* Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 271.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.